DEM-NPL legislators will lead effort to reconsider legislation, push rail safety study in Public Service Commission budget

(BISMARCK, N.D.) – In response to a largely party line vote Monday in the North Dakota House of Representatives to defeat legislation to improve rail safety, Democratic-NPL legislators announced an effort to reconsider the bill on the House floor. SB 2293, sponsored by Senator George Sinner, D-Fargo, would direct the North Dakota Department of Transportation to report to an interim legislative committee on railroad crossings, emergency response procedures, tank …

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – After pressing the top federal official overseeing federal workforce issues to improve support for federal employees across North Dakota, U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today announced that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approved a pay rate increase for 160 civilian federal employees at Minot Air Force Base and across western North Dakota – the second such pay rate increase Heitkamp has successfully pushed for and announced since last December.

Heitkamp has led efforts to get federal employees the support they need and …

In response to revenue forecast DEM-NPL legislators emphasize property tax relief, set forth contingency plan for funding capital projects, call House-passed proposal to take $712 million off the books this biennium “flawed”

(BISMARCK, N.D.) – On the heels of the March revenue forecast by Moody’s Analytics yesterday, Dem-NPL legislative leaders and appropriators called for prioritization of property tax relief over proposed cuts to the corporate and personal income tax and also set forth a contingency budgeting bill to fund key capital construction projects. The legislators further …

Oversen, age 26, becomes one of the youngest state party chairpersons in the country; party also elects former Williston Superintendent Warren Larson as vice-chairperson.

(JAMESTOWN, ND – MARCH 7, 2015) – The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Policy Committee met today in Jamestown and elected Grand Forks State Representative Kylie Oversen (District 42) as the party’s new chairwoman.

The party also elected retired Williston Public Schools Superintendent Warren Larson, now of Bismarck, to serve as party vice-chairman. Joanne Beckman of New Salem was re-elected party secretary and Colleen Popelka …

(BISMARCK, ND) – North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party Chairman Bob Valeu publicly announced today that he will not seek another term as party chairman. Valeu originally informed the DEM-NPL Policy Committee of his decision to step down back in December. Valeu released the following statement:

“I’ve informed the Policy Committee of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL of my decision to not seek another term as party chairman. I began my political career in the 1960s as DEM-NPL executive director. When I was elected chair in 2013, my …

(BISMARCK, ND) – North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party Chairman Bob Valeu publicly announced today that he will not seek another term as party chairman. Valeu originally informed the DEM-NPL Policy Committee of his decision to step down back in December. Valeu released the following statement:

“I’ve informed the Policy Committee of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL of my decision to not seek another term as party chairman. I began my political career in the 1960s as DEM-NPL executive director. When I was elected chair in 2013, my …